When Lascelles thought fit from this world to depart,Some friends warmly thought of embalming his heart;A bystander whispers—“Pray don’t make so much o’t,The subject is poison, no reptile will touch it.”
1794 · Poem
On Capt. Lascelles
- Year
- 1794
- Form
- Poem
- Location
- Dumfries
- Source
- Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns